Hebrews 7:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ This was confirmed with an oath, for others have become priests without an oath,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ And it was not without the taking of an oath [that Christ was made Priest],

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ And inasmuch as it is not without the taking of an oath

Common English Bible

²⁰ And this was not done without a solemn pledge! The others have become priests without a solemn pledge,

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Moreover, it is not without an oath. For certainly, the others were made priests without an oath.

Hebrews 7:20 Cross References

Numbers 18:7

But you and your sons with you shall diligently perform your priestly duties in all that concerns the altar and the area behind the curtain. I give your priesthood as a gift; any outsider who approaches shall be put to death.”

Hebrews 5:6

as he says also in another place, “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”

Psalm 110:4

The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”

Hebrews 7:19

(for the law made nothing perfect); there is, on the other hand, the introduction of a better hope through which we approach God.

Hebrews 7:21

but this one became a priest with an oath because of the one who said to him, “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever’ ”